Parsons Bookshop: At the Heart of Bohemian Dublin, 1949-1989

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In this affectionate chronicle of a very special establishment, Brendan Lynch describes the Dublin literary and artistic scene from the fifties to the eighties. Parson's was a second home to Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh, and other Nobel and Pulitzer-winning customers included Flann O'Brien, Liam O'Flaherty, Frank O'Connor, Mary Lavin and Seamus Heaney. Artist customers ranged from Louis le Brocquy, Patrick Scott, Patrick Pye, Michael Kane and Brian Bourke to the ultimate Bohemian, Owen Walsh, who occupied a local studio-cum-boudoir for the lifespan of the bookshop. Archbishops of various denominations also worshipped at this shrine to literature, while political visitors ranged from senators and government ministers to taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald and president Jack Lynch. With numerous anecdotes, stories and personal reminisces about some of Ireland's greatest literary figures, "Parson's Bookshop" provides a warm and amusing account of life in Bohemian Dublin.